hi sorry im really late, but i really relate to you, im currently in year 11 and ive been stressing out about the higher tier since year 9 as ive always knew i wanted higher than a C in my GCSEs, in year 9 i messed about a lot and my whole set was put on foundation, during november parents evening i expressed my concerns to my maths teacher after telling him that for me to be able to do the subjects i want at sixth form i needed a minimum 6 in maths and to that he basically had no response and still carried on telling me that there was a 90% chance i would do foundation, of course this disheartened me a lot but instead i used it as motivation and carried on working hard, i gave him a past paper to mark and i was a few marks of a 7, during the march parents evening he told me that if i do well on the foundation mocks he will move me up to higher, my mocks start on the 12th april and im just praying i do well enough to be moved onto higher, especially with exams cancelled it puts a lot of pressure on me as these mocks will probarbly determine my gcse grades